Wandelgids - Klimgids Aconcagua Aconcagua and the Southern Andes - A Trekker's Guidebook | Cicerone (9781852845872)

• ISBN / Code:
  9781852845872
• Aantal blz.:
  192
• Uitgever:
  Cicerone Press
• Editie:
  2009
• Soort:
  Klimgids Wandelgids
• Taal:
  Engels
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Wandelgids - Klimgids Aconcagua Aconcagua and the Southern Andes - A Trekker's Guidebook | Cicerone

Complete guide to climbing Aconcagua, highest peak in South America at 6962m, the highest peak outside the Himalayas and one of the highest peaks accessible for ordinary mortals. Route descriptions up the Normal and Polish Glacier routes, plus trekking routes in the Argentinian and Chilean southern Andes. Outstanding maps and photographs.
The guide provides all the practical information on getting to South America, using time in Santiago and Mendoza (en route to the mountains) to prepare, and travel into the mountains. It also covers preparation for high altitude mountaineering - equipment, altitude and acclimatisation. In addition it provides strategies for the ascent, including preparations, food and water, whether to have a guide or not, mules and muleteers, and staying healthy

Jim Ryan’s definitive guidebook to trekking and climbing Aconcagua, South America, summit of the Americas, from Santiago or Mendoza, via the Normal and Vacas Valley (Polish Glacier) routes, with trekking routes in the southern Andes of Argentina and Chile. Full information on trekking and climbing and using time in Santiago or Mendoza to prepare.

Seasons
possible mid-November to mid-March; high season is December/January; weather is best mid-December to mid-FebruaryCentres
Santiago, Mendoza, Puente del Inca, Los Penitentes, TupungatoDifficulty
although the highest trek in the world, Aconcagua is relatively non-technical; climbers must acclimatise to the altitude and to the coldMust See
Aconcagua, highest mountain in the world outside the Himalayas, summit of the Americas; elsewhere in the Southern Andes Tupungato and El Plomo; Santiago City